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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5302 

To amend title 5, United States Code, to address the responsibilities of 

the Administrator of General Services with respect to Federal advisory 

committees, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 12, 2024 

Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. CASSIDY) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 5, United States Code, to address the responsibilities of the Administrator of General Services with 

respect to Federal advisory committees, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Advisory Com5 mittee Database Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES. 

7 Chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code, is amend8 ed— 


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1 (1) in section 1006— 

2 (A) in subsection (a)— 

3 (i) by striking ‘‘The Administrator’’ 

4 and inserting the following: 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator’’; and 

6 (ii) by adding at the end the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(2) COLLECTION OF INFORMATION.— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Committee Man10 agement Secretariat established and maintained 

11 under paragraph (1) shall continually collect 

12 from the head of each agency such information 

13 as is necessary for the Administrator to carry 

14 out the responsibilities of the Administrator 

15 under this section, which shall include, at a 

16 minimum, the following with respect to each ad17 visory committee within the jurisdiction of that 

18 agency: 

19 ‘‘(i) The name of the advisory com20 mittee. 

21 ‘‘(ii) The authority under which the 

22 advisory committee is established. 

23 ‘‘(iii) A copy of the charter of the ad24 visory committee. 


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1 ‘‘(iv) The interest areas of the advi2 sory committee. 

3 ‘‘(v) The means by which the advisory 

4 committee complies with the requirements 

5 of section 1004(b)(2) (commonly referred 

6 to as a ‘Membership Balance Plan’). 

7 ‘‘(vi) The current (as of the date on 

8 which the information is collected) mem9 bership of the advisory committee, which 

10 shall include, at a minimum, the following 

11 with respect to each member of the advi12 sory committee: 

13 ‘‘(I) The name of the member. 

14 ‘‘(II) The ethics designation of 

15 the member, such as whether the 

16 member is an employee, a special Gov17 ernment employee (as defined in sec18 tion 202 of title 18), or a representa19 tive member. 

20 ‘‘(III) The entity or individual 

21 who appointed the member to the ad22 visory committee, which shall include 

23 an identification of the authority for 

24 that appointment. 


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1 ‘‘(IV) The term of the appoint2 ment of the member to the advisory 

3 committee, as appropriate. 

4 ‘‘(vii) The Advisory Committee Man5 agement Officer designated under section 

6 1007(b) with respect to the advisory com7 mittee. 

8 ‘‘(viii) The officer or employee des9 ignated under section 1009(e) with respect 

10 to the advisory committee. 

11 ‘‘(ix) The termination date of the ad12 visory committee, as applicable. 

13 ‘‘(x) With respect to a particular fis14 cal year, the total operational and staff 

15 costs of the advisory committee for that 

16 fiscal year, and with respect to the forth17 coming fiscal year, the estimated total 

18 operational and staff costs of the advisory 

19 committee for that forthcoming fiscal year. 

20 ‘‘(xi) The frequency with which the 

21 advisory committee (excluding any sub22 committee or other subgroup of the advi23 sory committee) has met and the dates on 

24 which those meetings have taken place. 


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1 ‘‘(xii) A summary of the business con2 ducted at each meeting of the advisory 

3 committee. 

4 ‘‘(xiii) The recommendations issued by 

5 the advisory committee, which shall in6 clude— 

7 ‘‘(I) the number of those rec8 ommendations; and 

9 ‘‘(II) if feasible, information re10 garding whether those recommenda11 tions were partially or fully imple12 mented. 

13 ‘‘(B) PUBLICATION.—The Committee 

14 Management Secretariat established and main15 tained under paragraph (1) shall, with respect 

16 to the information collected under subpara17 graph (A) of this paragraph— 

18 ‘‘(i) annually publish that information 

19 on a public website of the General Services 

20 Administration, which shall allow for that 

21 information to be downloaded in a format 

22 that is machine-readable, as defined in sec23 tion 3502 of title 44; and 

24 ‘‘(ii) on the website described in 

25 clause (i) of this subparagraph, maintain 


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1 access to that information from previous 

2 years, as applicable with respect to rel3 evant records schedules.’’; 

4 (B) in subsection (b)— 

5 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

6 (I) in the matter preceding sub7 paragraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, in con8 sultation with the head of each agen9 cy,’’ after ‘‘the Administrator’’; 

10 (II) by redesignating subpara11 graphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs 

12 (D) and (E), respectively; and 

13 (III) by inserting after subpara14 graph (B) the following: 

15 ‘‘(C) whether the committee, for the period 

16 covered by the review, complied with the re17 quirements of subsection (a)(2);’’; and 

18 (ii) by amending paragraph (3) to 

19 read as follows: 

20 ‘‘(3) BIENNIAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDA21 TIONS.—The Administrator shall biennially submit 

22 to the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov23 ernmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 

24 on Oversight and Accountability of the House of 

25 Representatives a report containing the results of 


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1 the 2 most recent reviews conducted under this sub2 section, which shall include recommendations to the 

3 President and to either the agency head or Congress 

4 with respect to action the Administrator believes 

5 should be taken.’’; and 

6 (C) in subsection (c)— 

7 (i) in the first sentence— 

8 (I) by striking ‘‘administrative 

9 guidelines and management controls’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘regulations, adminis11 trative guidelines, and management 

12 controls’’; and 

13 (II) by inserting after ‘‘their per14 formance’’ the following: ‘‘, which 

15 shall include guidance regarding how 

16 the agency and the advisory commit17 tees of the agency should prepare the 

18 information that is required to be sub19 mitted under subsection (a)(2) to en20 sure standardization and consistency 

21 in the reporting of that information’’; 

22 and 

23 (ii) by adding at the end the fol24 lowing: ‘‘The Administrator may update 

25 the regulations, administrative guidelines, 


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1 and management controls prescribed under 

2 this subsection, as determined necessary by 

3 the Administrator.’’; and 

4 (2) in section 1007— 

5 (A) by amending subsection (a) to read as 

6 follows: 

7 ‘‘(a) ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES AND MANAGE8 MENT CONTROLS.—Each agency head shall— 

9 ‘‘(1) establish uniform administrative guidelines 

10 and management controls for advisory committees 

11 established by that agency, which shall be consistent 

12 with directives of the Administrator under sections 

13 1006 and 1009 of this title; 

14 ‘‘(2) maintain systematic information on the 

15 nature, functions, and operations of each advisory 

16 committee within the jurisdiction of the agency; 

17 ‘‘(3) ensure timely and accurate reporting to 

18 the Administrator regarding the activities of each 

19 advisory committee within the jurisdiction of the 

20 agency, including with respect to the information re21 quired to be submitted under section 1006(a)(2); 

22 ‘‘(4) in coordination with each officer or em23 ployee of the Federal Government designated under 

24 section 1009(e), establish relevant and appropriate 


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1 performance measures and outcomes for each advi2 sory committee established by the agency; and 

3 ‘‘(5) ensure that each advisory committee with4 in the jurisdiction of the agency, and the staff of 

5 each such advisory committee (including each officer 

6 or employee of the Federal Government designated 

7 under section 1009(e)), complies with the require8 ments of this chapter and the rules, orders, and reg9 ulations promulgated under this chapter.’’; and 

10 (B) in subsection (b)— 

11 (i) in paragraph (2)— 

12 (I) by inserting ‘‘recommenda13 tions,’’ after ‘‘records,’’; and 

14 (II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

15 (ii) in paragraph (3)— 

16 (I) by striking ‘‘such reports, 

17 records, and other papers’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘the reports, records, rec19 ommendations, and other papers de20 scribed in paragraph (2)’’; and 

21 (II) by striking the period at the 

22 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

23 (iii) by adding at the end the fol24 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(4) serve as the primary liaison between the 

2 agency and the Administrator.’’. 

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